We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I like them. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual refusal to accept it. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I noted about Cate Blanchett was her very positive lack of concern for how she turns out in Cinderella. She is happy to be… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I do think that, for instance, we've been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Frankenstein feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms. It appeals to something very primal, but… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
The idea of accumulating ambitions or achievements didn't get much further than wanting to do the next exciting thing. I really haven't set out… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older than me.… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I think that Shakespeare himself raided fairy tales and chronicle writers, and he always looked to people who worked in the mythic genres, whether… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
